Was Democratic National Committee really hacked by Russia? (Letters)

Was the DNC really hacked by Russia? The answer and reasons have been compiled by a group called Veteran Intelligence Officials for Sanity, or VIOS, composed of mostly retired, high ranking intelligence officials, with impeccable credentials. They have conducted forensic examinations and made conclusions, based on their expertise. On July 5, 2016, 15,808 megabits of information was downloaded from the DNC server, in just 87 seconds. That speed indicates a transfer rate of 182 megabits per second, a rate not available from internet providers. Downloading this much traffic so quickly, especially in 2016 would have been impossible for two reasons. An average internet connection in 2016, was only a 15.6 megabits per second, with a high of 49.6 Mbs provided by Verizon fios in Washington DC. That is a long way from the 182 Mbs rate of the DNC download. Secondly, the network infrastructure from DNC headquarters to Russia or Romania, a distance through which the traffic would have to flow would have further slowed the traffic. The analysts determined that the files could only have been downloaded by someone inside the DNC, onto something like a thumb drive about that same speed. The stamps recording the download, indicate it occurred at 6:45 EDST, confirming the operation took place from the east coast of the USA. Their experts determined that the contents taken by an insider, at some point, were cut and pasted into Microsoft Word templates that used the Russian language. If it couldn't happen, it means it didn't happen. This information has been out there for a long time, but has been ignored by mainstream media journalists. "Russiagate" is a hoax.